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For over four decades, Cameron McNeish has chronicled Scotland's majestic landscapes and the outdoor communities who inhabit them. While much has changed, especially in terms of conservation and access, the hills themselves remain little altered, as do the reasons people visit them. In this collection of essays and diary entries, Cameron shines the light of experience on memory, and renews his vision, keen to share his insights with the many people who love Scotland's outdoors.

Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating firsthand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including students, politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, journalists, fascists, artists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler - one so palpable that the listener will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere.

Journeying alongside scholars, spies and saints, from western Europe to the Far East and the Antipodes, this is no ordinary travel guide. From profane pilgrim badges and Venetian laxatives to encounters with bandits and trysts with mysterious medieval witches, this book mixes fact and folklore to offer an entertaining encyclopaedia of wondrous stories and peoples. Offering a vivid and unforgettable insight into how medieval people understood their world, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages blurs the distinction between real and imagined places.

Eye of the Albatross takes us soaring to locales where whales, sea turtles, penguins, and shearwaters flourish in their own quotidian rhythms. Carl Safina’s guide and inspiration is an albatross he calls Amelia, whose life and far-flung flights he describes in fascinating detail. Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers, Eye of the Albatross probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine life.

Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of 13. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment - and by a seeing world.

Mia, Léo, Colin et Laurent sont encore petits lorsqu'un diagnostic vient tout changer: trois d'entre eux perdront graduellement la vue. Après le choc, un projet germe dans l'esprit de leurs parents, Edith et Sébastien: avant que la noirceur ne s'installe, ils rempliront la mémoire visuelle des enfants.

Book One in the series, inspired by radio interviews collected on round-Australia jaunt for a national broadcaster; stories mostly light and bright with an amusing “innocent abroad” feel.

Experience the energy of the world’s most desired travel Destination. You’ll discover some of the amazing people that make Las Vegas the magical city that never sleeps. JOYN Barry Shore and his fascinating guests. You’ll be glad you did.

Peter Greenberg is America's most recognized, honored and respected front-line travel news journalist. Peter is Travel Editor for CBS News, appearing on CBS This Morning and The CBS Evening News, among other broadcast platforms.Eye on Travel is a travel news show originating from a different location every week, featuring local experts sharing their favorite gems. For more travel news you can use visit PeterGreenberg.com And follow Peter Greenberg for the latest travel news on social media:Twitter: @PeterSGreenbergFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeterGreenbergWorldwide/Instagram: @...

The Wild Eye Podcast is hosted by Gerry van der Walt and the Wild Eye team and will include discussions, interviews, Q&As and various different and unique approaches to wildlife photography, specialist guiding, travel and the wild places of the world. Join our online platforms and allow us to change the way you see the world!

The idea of traveling had so permeated Darwin's existence, that he sought a career that would allow him to satisfy his wanderlust. Join Darwin every fortnight as he bring his unique perspective, served with a dash of humor, accompanied with sarcasm, and garnished with similes and metaphors to the discerning listener. Darwin echoes the sentiment of St. Augustine when he said, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” Let’s read some pages...together.

Coerced by her boss and fellow rivers guides, Brenda Smith reluctantly embarks on a rafting trip through a vast Tanzanian game reserve. If she can survive twelve days on the remote jungle rivers, then she must scale Africa’s tallest mountain. After twenty-eight years of a safe and predictable life, Brenda is terrified of what awaits her in these dangerous wildernesses.

We follow in the footsteps of the intrepid British traveller as they explore the far-flung shores of the world in the company of some of the world’s finest chroniclers, including Charles Darwin, Kenneth Williams, James Boswell, Freya Stark, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Fanny Trollope, Mungo Park, Nancy Mitford, Wilfred Thesiger, Horace Walpole, Evelyn Waugh and many others, in this entertaining collection of travellers’ tales.

Have you ever allowed yourself to dream big? And, how often have you actually acted upon it? This podcast is supposed to take you on an inspirational trip and show you how many different lives people live all around the world. It is brought to you by me and more importantly my international network of friends. We will talk about life and the endless opportunities it presents you with. I myself have taken on so many adventures and have made countless crazy decisions. They have often made me uncomfortable, they have sometimes brought me pain, but they have always filled me with the purest form ...

Almost 50 years after it first launched on KPRC-TV, “The Eyes of Texas” is back. We’re hitting the road in search of stories that define Texas pride and meeting up with Texans doing big things. We’ll showcase the strength and spirit of our state. Quirky, inspiring, impactful… It’s a PODCAST y’all and we hope you’ll ride along with host Brandon Walker as we go traveling Texas once more.

Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken's international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals both the shocking oppression endured by the world's blind, as well as their great resilience.

A podcast for conscious discussion on the issues we face in the modern world today based on our knowledge, experience and background of the natural world. Our podcast is based around conversations with experts in their subjects, such as scientists, conservationists, photographers and business leaders.

EYE ON THE EAST VILLAGE features conversations with voices of New York’s original creative underground. Host and blogger/mystery gonzo journalist EV GRIEVE has been chronicling the real estate, residents and restaurants of the East Village and the Lower East Side for nearly 20 years on his wildly popular ad-free blog evgrieve.com On EYE ON THE EAST VILLAGE, he interviews longtime downtown characters and legends who maintain the legacy of Manhattan’s last remaining cultural underground community. Although the neighborhood continues to change rapidly, his insider guests showcase the ...

A podcast revealing the untold stories of the city’s most interesting buildings and neighbourhoods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on a fascinating ramble through the towns and villages of the British Isles during the last 400 years in the company of some of its most illustrious chroniclers, including Jane Austen, William Cobbett, Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf, Francis Kilvert, Celia Fiennes, Chips Channon, Fanny Burney and many others, told entirely in their own words.